false - do nothing, unsuccessfully
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Copyright
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<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
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Description
Exit with a status code indicating failure.
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Your shell may have its own version of false, which usually supersedes the version described here.
Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.
Name
false - do nothing, unsuccessfully
Reporting Bugs
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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See Also
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/false>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) false invocation'
GNU coreutils 9.5 April 2025 FALSE(1)
Synopsis
false [ignoredcommandlinearguments]
falseOPTION